Rein-holder



(No Model.)

W. P. TEBD.

REIN HOLDER.

WITN ESSES:

, ATTYS.

UNITED STATESl ATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM P. TEED, OF LlVINGSTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OI'IARLE I. HEDDEN, OF NEVARK, NEW' JERSEY.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,176, dated August 24, 1886. Application tiled March l, i896. Serial No.103,fl38. (No mi del.)

To all whom, t may concern.' clamping relation by a set or clamping screw Be it known that I, VILLIAM I?. TEED, a or equivalent device, c. The base-plate excitizen of the United States, residing at Livtends longitudinally along the dash-board and ingston, in the county of Essex and State of presents a long seat or bearing thereto, so that New .Iersey,haveinventcd certain newand usethe clamping-jaws have greater control over 55 ful Improvements in Rein-Holders; and I do the holdcr,to hold the same in position. The hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, side of the plate a is preferably recessed on the and exact description of the invention, such as side thereof to receive the upper portion of will enable others skilled in the art to which it the plate b, and prevent the latter, when a sinro appertains to make and use the same, refergle clampingscrew is employed,fr0m moving 60 ence being had to the accompanying drawpivotally thereon, and thus allowing a disarings, and to letters of reference marked thererangement of the holder. Upon the upper on, which form a part of this specification. portion of the base-plate are formed arms d d, The object of this invention is to facilitate preferably having their bases at the opposite the process or operation of securing the reins extremities of the base-plateand extendingin- 65 of harness to the dash-board of a carriage or wardly or toward 011e another, to form indevehicle, to prevent said reins from becoming pendent slot-like receptacles ce for each of the twisted or intertwined, and to secure them reins. Said arms extend from the base atan more effectually and quickly, and to provide incline, so that they form at each side of the d 2o a device which will be less objectionable in holder an obtuse angle with the upper edge of 70 i appearance upon the vehicle, and one that the dash-board, so that a rein being drawn will not present objectionable shoulders or laterally along the edge of the said dash-board projections upon which the reins may catch in will not catch at the holder, but will be didriving, or the garments of the driver or ocrected upwardly over said holder. The inner vcupant of the vehicle in getting in or out extremities of the arms are devoid of heads 75 thereof. formed by enlarging said extremities or turn- The invention consists in the arrangements ing the metal on itself, as in certain similar deand combinations ofparts,substantially as will vices heretofore in use, and extend into close be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied proximity to the head, the upper surfaces of 3o in the clauses of the claims. said arms and the head being approximately 8O Referring to the accompanying drawings, in in line, so that the horiZontally-disposed rein whichlike letters indicate corresponding parts will slide directly over lthe holder without in each of the several figures, Figure l is a catching beneath the arms, so that when the front elevation of the holder attached to a porreins are in ordinary use in driving there is tion of the dash-board. Fig. 2 is a section of little liability of the said reins catching at any 85 the same through line x. Fig. Sisasection of point on the upper face of the holder or at the holder through line y. Fig. I is an elevathe angles formed by the ends of the holder tion showing the rear of the plate or the face and the upper edges of the dash-board. Either opposite that toward the driver. Fig. 5 is or both of the upper and lower walls of therean elevation illustrating a slightly-modified ceptacles or slots e e are beveled, as at c in 90 construction, and Fig. 6 is a section of t-he same Fig. 3, to form on or at the inner face of the through line z. holder, or that facing the driver,a sharp-hold In said drawings, a is a bed or base plate ing edge, e, adapted to bite into the rein sufhaving a downwardly-extending and slightlyticiently to prevent the horse from drawing the concaved ange or clamping-jaw, a', adapted said rein. rIhe inclines at, the outer side ot'said 95 to engage the rail or edge ot' the dash-board; edge, however', enables the driver to draw the and b is a plate having acorresponding flange, rein toward him without ditliculty. The slots b', which eo-operates with that on the baseare gradually contracted in width as they applate a to hold the rein-holder upon the dashproach the bases ot' the arms, to enable the 5o board. The two jaws or flanges are held in catching-surfaces to hold reins ofvarious thick- 10o nesses. I prefer to form between the inner ends of the arms a dividing-projection,f, to guide the reins when they'are being placed simultaneously into their respective slots. Said dividing-projection is preferably recessed at the opposite sides thereof, as at g g, to form a head on which the united reins may catch should they slip from their positions in the slots. The arms d d are integral with the base and one of the clamping-jaws to secure greater strength, and enable the two arms to be held firmly by a single set-screw or clamping device.

I am aware of the peculiar constructions shown in Patents Nos. 177,756 and 198,380, and do not wish to be understood as claiming anything shown therein.

That I claim as new isl. The improved rein -h9lder, combining therein the base, the oppositely-inclined arms forming independent slots, contracted toward their inner ends and having beveled Walls forming a sharp holding-edge and an intermediate head, the upper surfaces of the ends of said arms and said head being approximately in a line, substantially as herein set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture, the improved rcin-holder, combining therein the integral metallic piece having or forming a base, a, oppositely-extending inclined arms d, an intermediate head extending to a point between the ends of said arms, and a concaved flange extending down from said base, a plate, b, providing a co-operating ange and a setscrew, all said parts being arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

In testimony thatV I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of February, 1886.

WM. P. TEED.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, GaAs. I. HEDDEN. 

